If your children love fluff, learn how to prepare it at home with this Homemade Marshmallow Fluff recipe. You will only need a handful of ingredients to prepare this sweet Marshmallow Cream treat.
Homemade Marshmallow Fluff Recipe
Who doesn’t love marshmallow fluff? From rice krispy treats to S’mores bars and cookies, you can make something for everyone with this delicious homemade marshmallow fluff recipe.
Do you buy a container of fluff each time you go to the grocery store? Your children might like eating it with peanut butter, but there is a good chance that you are using it in different recipes, too.
If it is a household staple, why not learn how to make it from scratch? Use this Homemade Marshmallow Fluff recipe to prepare the tastiest fluff you have ever tried.
Why You’ll Love this Marshmallow Cream Recipe:
- Simple ingredients. You will only need five ingredients to make the Homemade Marshmallow Fluff. All of which you probably have in your kitchen, now.
- It saves money. You can save money in the long run by making the fluff from scratch at home instead of constantly buying it at the store.
- The taste is so much better. It tastes just as amazing, if not even better than the fluff you would normally purchase at the grocery store.
How to Make Marshmallow Fluff from Scratch
Be sure to see the recipe card below for full ingredients & instructions!
- Add water, granulated sugar, and corn syrup, and heat the mixture until it reaches a soft boil.
- Add the whites to the bowl of a stand mixer and beat on medium-high speed until soft peaks form.
- Turn the mixer to low speed and slowly pour the sugar syrup into the egg whites.
- Turn the mixer to high speed and beat until stiff peaks form.
Marshmallow Fluff is a marshmallow spread. It tastes a lot like a marshmallow that you would roast over a fire, but it is available in spread form. You can add it to sandwiches with peanut butter or use it in other recipes.
Peanut butter and fluff sandwiches are a popular lunch for children. You spread the peanut butter on one side, fluff on the other side, and serve the sandwich. However, you can do much more than that. You can add it to chocolate chip cookies, homemade chocolate brownies, and even use it to make fresh fudge.
If you do not have a stand mixer, you can use a hand mixer. However, you will need to hold the mixer for about 8 minutes at the end, which may be tiring. Even so, it is still worth it because the Homemade Marshmallow Fluff is that good.
Store leftover marshmallow fluff in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks or freeze the fluff for up to 3 months. I recommend scooping the fluff into a Ziplock bag and spreading it out into an even layer before freezing. This will make it easier to only defrost as much as you need at a time.
Recipe Tips and Tricks
- Store your fluff in a food storage container. Be sure to keep it stored in the refrigerator to keep it fresh.
- Slowly add your syrup into the egg white mixture. If you pour it in too fast, you can run into issues while trying to mix it.
- Check your candy thermometer often. You do not want to leave the sugar mixture on the stove after it reaches that 240°F.
- If you can, pour the sugar syrup down the side of the bowl so it has time to cool slightly before hitting the egg whites– but be careful!
If your children enjoy fluff just as much as you do, prepare this Homemade Marshmallow Fluff. It is easy to make with just a few ingredients, and it tastes amazing!
If you make this recipe be sure to leave us a comment or rating. Enjoy!
How to Make Marshmallow Fluff (Homemade Marshmallow Cream Recipe)
Ingredients
- ¼ cup water 57 grams
- ½ cup granulated sugar 100 grams
- ½ cup light corn syrup 156 grams
- 2 large egg whites 70 grams
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 4 grams
Equipment
- Kitchen Scale (optional)
Instructions
- Add the water, granulated sugar, and corn syrup to a small saucepan fitted with a candy thermometer. Heat just until the mixture reaches the softball stage (240°F).¼ cup water, ½ cup granulated sugar, ½ cup light corn syrup
- While the syrup is heating, add the egg whites to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and beat on medium-high speed until soft peaks form, about 4-5 minutes.2 large egg whites
- Once the egg whites have formed soft peaks and the sugar syrup has reached 240°F, turn the mixer to low speed and slowly pour the sugar syrup into the egg whites. If you can, pour the sugar syrup down the side of the bowl so it has time to cool slightly before hitting the egg whites– but be careful!
- Once all of the syrup has been added to the egg whites, add the vanilla and turn the mixer to high speed and beat until stiff peaks form, about 7-8 minutes.1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Notes
- This recipe makes 2 cups of marshmallow cream.
- Store your fluff in a food storage container. Be sure to keep it stored in the refrigerator to keep it fresh.
- Slowly add your syrup into the egg white mixture. If you pour it in too fast, you can run into issues while trying to mix it.
- Check your candy thermometer often. You do not want to leave the sugar mixture on the stove after it reaches that 240°F.
- If you can, pour the sugar syrup down the side of the bowl so it has time to cool slightly before hitting the egg whites– but be careful!
I can’t wait to try this recipe, it sounds very good! Thank you very much!!
Hi, want to make this to go between cake layers. Would it hold up between cake layers in the fridge overnight? It would be covered in glad wrap.
It might! To be honest, I haven’t tried that. Let me know how it goes!
Hi I like your recipe but I can’t find corn syrup, what can I use as substitute
You can use honey or maple syrup instead!
I made this marshmallow fluff. I put it over a brownie and topped it with some rice crispy cereal with chocolate peanut butter topping, it’s called chocolate crunch brownies. The homemade marshmallow fluff was absolutely delicious. I will make it again and I won’t buy any more from the store. It’s that good
Wow, thanks so much for the compliment, Robin! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!
I can’t understand why more recipes don’t show how much the recipemakes…saying 32 servings doesn’t tell me anything. It should be reported in ounces or cups
Hi, Joy! If you look in the notes of the recipe, it states that this makes 2 cups! The servings slider allows me to provide appropriate nutritional information!